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WHEN IS A /k/ NOT A [k]? EPG AS A DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TOOL FOR ABNORMAL VELAR STOPS
Author(s) -
Friel Sarah
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
international journal of language and communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.101
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1460-6984
pISSN - 1368-2822
DOI - 10.3109/13682829809179465
Subject(s) - psychology , audiology , articulation (sociology) , tongue , place of articulation , linguistics , consonant , medicine , vowel , philosophy , politics , political science , law
This case study describes a boy who at the age of eight years did not have consistent or contrastive use of velar stops in his spontaneous speech. The use of electropalatography (EPG) revealed abnormal tongue‐palate contact for both velar and alveolar stops, all of which were perceived as normal, there was excess contact in the palatal region for all alveolars and velars in a word initial position and double velar/palatal articulation for velars in a word final position. Therapy using EPG for visual feedback was highly successful and post therapy data showed normal‐looking EPG patterns for alveolar and velar stops. The assessment, diagnostic and therapeutic implications are discussed.